Monday morning traffic crash claims two lives in Milliken

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Two people died Monday morning in a traffic crash in Milliken.

According to Chief Benito Garcia of the Milliken Police Department, a 67-year-old Loveland man and a 40-year-old woman from out of state died when the sedan the man was driving collided with a semitrailer truck about 7:40 a.m. near the intersection of Weld County Road 52 and Colo. 257. The Weld County Coroner's Office has not yet released their names, pending notification of next of kin.

Garcia said police believe the car began to skid off the road about 15 miles southwest of Greeley on ice, then the man overcorrected and swerved into the truck's lane. Garcia said the truck hit the sedan broadside. The driver of the truck was not injured, he said.

Garcia said he wasn't sure whether the man and the woman were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. Police believe slick roads from the morning's snowstorm contributed to the crash. Garcia said he does not believe alcohol and drugs played a role.

The crash marks the first two deaths on Weld County roads this year. Through this date last year, three people had died on Weld roads.